Vocab set 1

Question 1

adverb, in a manner that weighs heavily on the senses or spirits

Answer 1

oppressively

Question 2

Synonyms: Severely, harshly; Antonyms: softly, mildly

Answer 2

oppressively

Question 3

DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung_______________ low in the heavens

Answer 3

oppressively

Question 4

Noun;(of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing.

Answer 4

singular(-ly)

Question 5

Synonyms;Rare,unusual
Antonyms:multiple,common

Answer 5

singular(-ly)

Question 6

through a________ dreary tract of country.

Answer 6

singular(-ly)

Question 7

Noun:Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four “cardinal humours” of animal bodies (historical)

Answer 7

melancholy

Question 8

Synonyms:Gloomy,depressed
Antonym:Happy Cheerful

Answer 8

melancholy

Question 9

within view of the melancholy House of Usher.

Answer 9

melancholy

Question 10

Verb:Simple past and past participle of elapse

Answer 10

elapsed

Question 11

Synonyms:last,past
Antonym:renewed,still

Answer 11

elapsed

Question 12

but many years had________since our last meeting

Answer 12

elapsed

Question 13

Adjective:quick brief or short

Answer 13

acute

Question 14

synonym:fast,rapid
Antonym:long,slow

Answer 14

acute

Question 15

The writer spoke of_______ bodily illness

Answer 15

acute

Question 16

noun:A Type of long fungi ,vine like

Answer 16

minute

Question 17

synonym:vine,tangled
Antonym:short

Answer 17

minute

Question 18

_____ fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves.

Answer 18

minute

Question 19

noun:The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined

Answer 19

dilapidation

Question 20

synonym:despair,Ruin
Antonym:happy,energy

Answer 20

dilapidation

Question 21

Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary _________.

Answer 21

dilapidation

Question 22

Adjective:Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned

Answer 22

perceptible

Question 23

Synonym:evident,visable
antonyms:obscure,invisable

Answer 23

perceptible

Question 24

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely __________.

Answer 24

perceptible

Question 25

noun:A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth

Answer 25

fissure

Question 26

synonym:crack,narrow antonyms:perfect,wide

Answer 26

fissure

Question 27

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible________.

Answer 27

fissure

Question 28

Adjective:Abundant or generous to the point of excess

Answer 28

profuse

Question 29

synonym:abundant,plentiful antonym:scarce,frugal

Answer 29

profuse

Question 30

The general furniture was________.

Answer 30

profuse